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Patented Dec. 14,1880;

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G. HEWITT & J. WITHINGTON.

Machine for' (To'iling' Wire and Rods.

No. 235,359 Patented Dec. 14,1880.

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CHARLES time: AND JAMES witrnrneron, on GHAMBERSBUBG, As-

srcnons TO THE 'rEEn'roN IRON COMPANY, OF TRENTON, N. J.

MAC HlN E" FOR C OILING WIRE AND RODS.

sPEcIFIcArIon forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,359, dated December 14, 1880,

Application filed? March 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, GHARLEs HEwnrrand JAMES WITHINGTON, both of Ohanibersbu'rg, New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Machines for OoilingWire Rods and the like, of which the followingisafulh'clear, and exact description, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is, a side elevation, partly in section, of a machine embodying our invention; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same looking toward the face-plate of the reel;;Fig. 3, a view, in perspective, of the wire guide-posts, showing the relative position of the posts and reel-pins; Fig. 4, a side sectional elevation of the reel, showing the position ofthereel pins when collapsed for the removal of the'coil; and Fig. 5, a side elevational detail of -a' modifled construction of reel, inwhioh the pinsare angled ofi' toward the circumference of the face-plate, so as to preventanyfpossibility of the coil from flying off the pins during process of reeling.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondlng parts in all. the figures.

Our invention relates to the construction and OPBTMiOII f machinery for coiling wire, Wire ,Z 11 e articles; and it consists in the devices combinations thereof hereinafter describedand'claimed; i

h Object the invention is the produci f all pparatus for reeling coils of wire and the like, in which attachmentof the wire to be reeled is readily andsurely made while the reel is revolving, and without its stoppage, upon which the coil is held without pos sibilityof flying or falling off during the reeling action, and from which the finished coils are easily removed.

Referring to the drawings,thelfollowing is a description of a machine embodying-our invention: Aisa frame-work,of any suitable construction, in which is journ aled ajshaft, B, revolved at any desired speed, by means of one or more driving-pulleys, b, or'otherwise actuated to rot-ationby any convenient device or arrangement ofjsteam-gearing.

Atone extremity ofthe shaft'Bis secured a face-plate,-G, having a series of projecting o reel-pins, 0, arranged in a circle or other suitable r'elation thereon to form a reel for coilin g wire.

Secured-to or forminga part of the face-plate centrally is a projection, c, pulley, or other equivalent device, extending or not beyond the coil-pins. The object of this projection is to form a stop against which the free end of the fresh wire will catch as the same is thrown, projected, or otherwise entered against the face-plate within the circle of reel-pins,'and through the medium of which stopping action the end of the wire is bent around a reel-pin" as the reel rotates, so as to be hooked to the pin, all substantially in 6 the manner illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which figure is represented, in dotted lines a, a side view of the wire when first 'thrown into the reel, while at w 1s represented the wire as it appears hooked around a pin through the action of the stop as the reel rotates, attachment being effected by the combined action of the projection and pin in the revolution of the reel, the central projectionservi'ng as a stop, by the aid of which the end of the fresh wire is caught by and bent around a reel-pin.

The reel-pins c are pivoted at z to the faceplate, and terminate in heels 0;, projecting out beyond and at the back side of the face-plate, through which the pins pass; and these heels are embraced within and operated by adiskcan], X, journaled upon the shaft B, rotating therewith,fand playing horizontally thereupon, as'hereinafter set forth. The reel-pins may, 8 5 however, be pivoted in any suitable manner other than that described.

Connection is made between the heels of the coil-pins and the cam-disk or pin-operating device by a flaring slot or a series of flaring slots, 0 so, or their equivalent, in the cam-disk, into which slot or slots the heels of the pins enter, and which slots are adapted to deflect said pins to either side of the perpendicular as the disk is moved on the shaft, as hereinafter set 5 forth and as shown in the drawings.

As a convenient means of moving the camdisk or other pin-operating device along the shaft we have devised the following arrangement: Sis a treadle pivoted in the frame-work, a toe, s, of which bears against a lever, '1, also pivoted to the framework, the upper extremity 5 of which lever is connected with the hub 31 of the cam-disk in such manner that the hub is free to rotate at all times, although deflection of the leverl will slide the hub and disk backward and forward along the shaft. to K is a spiral spring surrounding the shaft between the hub of the cam-disk and a collar on the shaft or a part of the frame-work, substantially in the manner represented in Fig. 1, and in such manner as to keep the cam-disk constantly pressed over toward the faceplate in the position indicated in Fig. l, in which position the heels of the reel-pins are embedded within the slots ac of the diskeam, so that the pins stand off at right angles to the faceplate.

In Fig. 5 the disk is pressed over against the face-plate to such extent that the reel-pins are angled out or away from a common center, so as to form a flaring coil-bearing circumfer ence inclined back toward the face-plate, so

that a coil tends to slide back against the faceplate and cannot fly off or fall from the pins.

The reel-pins can be kept at any desired inclination with reference to the face-plate by the simple adjustment of the heels of the pins and slots in the disk-cam, no special mechanism--such as the cam-diskbeing alone capable ofaccomplishing such result, but any mechanism adapted to tilt the pins with respect to the plane of the face-plate being suitable for the purpose.

When the treadle S is depressed through the medium of the lever T it slides the cam disk backward on the shaft and away from the face-plate, in so doing compressing the spring K, and by the action of the slots on the heels of the reel-pins deflecting the latter from their former position inwardly-in other words, converging or collapsing them toward a common center-so that a coil upon them falls olf, the upper pins presenting a downwardly inclined or deflecting surface, off which the coil drops by gravity, or from which the coil is readily removed by reason of the diminished coiling circumference of the series of reel-pins.

G isafriction-pulley secured to the shaft B, so as to rotate with it. G is a friction brakebaud semi-encircling said pulley, and extending down to a treadle, H, to which it is con- 5 5 nected, whereby, by pressure upon the treadlc the shaft is brought to a stop.

The guide-posts F and F are, near their upper ends, provided with flaring slots or guides ff, provided with retaining-ribs g g, by the joint action of which the wire is caught and retained as the operator throws the wire over and between the posts. The guideways are set upon opposite sides of their respective posts, in the manner represented, while the posts also are set out of line, whereby the l wire is forced into close contact with the inner side of each guideway and retained within the same without possibility of escape.

In the use of our machine the operator, grasping the wire as it emerges from the rolls, carries it to the reel, and, throwing it over and between the posts, by the guideways and ribs of which it is caught and retained, throws it into the reel below the projection and among the pins, attachment being effected while the 7 reel is in motion by the combined action of the projection and reel-pins, as hereinbefore set forth.

It is well understood by those skilled in the art of metal-reeling that rods and the heavier wires cannot be reeled with good practical results except upon a faceplate or disk-reel, as opposed to an arm-reel, for reasons connected with the entering and attachment of the wire.

Such being a convenient construction of machine for carrying out our invention, the essence thereof consists, first, in so combining a series of reel-pins with a face-plate or its equivalent that the reel-pins can be converged in order to lessen their coil-bearin g circumference for the removal of the coil; second, in combining with a face-plate provided with a series of coil-pins a central projection, or a projection located within the series of 5 pins, to form a stop which the end of the fresh wire encounters, and which aids in bending the same around the pins for the attachment of the wire to the reel; third, in combining with a face-plate a series of reel-pins adapted I00 to be held at right angles to theplaue of said i plate, or to be held in a position divergent from a common center, for the winding of the coil, as well as adapted to be converged toward a common center for the removal of the coil; and further consists in arrangements of devices for the accomplishment of the same.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- 1. In a machine for coiling wire, rods, &c., the combination, with a rotating disk or faceplate provided with a central projection or stop, of a series of coil-pins projecting from the disk and encircling the stop, for the purpose specified.

2. In a machine for coiling wire, rods, &c., the combination of a rotating disk or faceplate provided with a central projection or stop, a series of coil-pins encircling the stop, projecting from and pivoted to the disk, and mechanism for simultaneously converging the coil-pins, for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with a face-plate, 0, provided with the coil-pins c, the cam-disk X, connected with said pins and adapted to control the movement of the same when actuated by suitable mechanism, such as the treadle S and lever T, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, in an apparatus for reel- 0 i-ng wire, of a rotating disk carrying an annuto be held in suitable position to receive the lat series of coil-pins with a projection or pin coil, and also adapted to be converged for the arranged within the circle of said series, and removal of the coil, substantially as described. '5 a guide located' wit-hont said series substan- In testimony whereof we have hereunto tially as described. signed our names this 18th day of March, A.

5. In a machine for coiling rods, &c., the D. 1879.

guide-posts F and F, jointly provided with CHAS. HEWITT.

guideways constructed and arranged, in com- JAMES WITHINGTON. bination with the reel, as shown and described.

6. The combination, with a rotating disk, (J, In presence of provided with a central stop, of a series of J. BONSALL TAYLOR, pivoted coil-pins, 0, adapted by construction THEO. O. MAPLE. 

